OWN Intergenerational Event March 2011

Older Women's Network links with St. Mary's Holy Faith Secondary School Killester to host a SPOTS and STRIPES Event

OWN Ireland is delighted to announce its continued collaboration with the Transition Year Students of St. Mary’s Holy Faith Killester to host an intergenerational Spots and Stripes event next Tuesday, March 15th at 11.00 am in St. Mary’s Holy Faith School.

All OWN members are invited to take part. To book a place contact the national office by Monday next March 13th.

What is Spots and Stripes?

With 721 days to go to the 2012 Olympics, did you know that Cadbury is the “official treat” of the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics through its sponsorship?

Well they have just launched a two-year campaign, Spots v. Stripes it is an integrated campaign across TV, print, digital and social media encouraging the Irish and UK population to side with the Spots or the Stripe team. You can then take part in silly games both in the virtual and in the real world then logon to the site and claim your points.

Spots v Stripes will be on tour to take games to everyone and help bring them together in the spirit of play. the website comments:

The games crew of 2000 Spots and Stripes will be out playing games for free, here, there and everywhere. They’ll be getting people to play together in universities and colleges, at summer fetes, festivals, community centres and with disadvantaged and harder to reach groups of people.

But that's not all. In August and September they are making whole cities stop to play with big game events in Glasgow, Leeds, London, Birmingham and Dublin. They’re free too and give everyone a chance to play some crazy games, like custard cricket, and have some good old-fashioned fun!